CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/08/14/kryptos-code-k4-solution-jim-sanborn-auction

by joahua • 11 months ago

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t0lo• 11 months ago

I wish this wasn't the case so much, but I understand why. I just wish it was transferred more reliably to another custodian- even though a charity auction isn't the worst way.

WarOnPrivacy2• 11 months ago

https://archive.md/v2fvj

WarOnPrivacy2• 11 months ago

    The secret of CIA’s ‘Kryptos’ sculpture, unsolved for 35 years,
    is up for sale.

    The final 97 characters of the encrypted sculpture at CIA headquarters
    have obsessed code breakers for decades. 

    Artist Jim Sanborn will auction off the solution on his 80th birthday.

0points• 11 months ago

That's the paywalled SYNOPSIS.

The article is behind paywall, see parent's link.

Sniffnoy• 11 months ago

Looks like the title transformer changed this one to a false statement.

sllabres• 11 months ago

Yes. The code (of the last unsolved part) will be auctioned off, not the sculpture itself

bananapub• 11 months ago

please fix the title - the solution is for sale, the sculpture is not

Dilettante_• 11 months ago

Somebody call Martin Shkreli!

jmclnx• 11 months ago

Bit of info, non-paywalled: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos

ChrisArchitect• 11 months ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907366

CIA's 'Kryptos' sculpture, unsolved for 35 years, is up for sale

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